Acids, Bases and Salts

Properties of acids and Bases

Q1. Define an acid and give examples.

Q2. Define a Base and give examples.

Q3. What are indicators.

Q4. Differentiate between natural and synthetic indicators with examples

Q5. Complete the table:(Activity2.1)

Red Blue Phenolphthalein methyl Turmeric

Sample litmus litmus orange
solution paper paper (colourless) (yellow)
(red) (blue) (orange)
Sulphuric acid
Acetic acid
water
Magnesium
hydroxide
Sodium
hydroxide

Q6. What are olfactory indicators? Give 3 examples.

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Q7. Handout on Physical and Chemical properties of acids and Bases

Q8. (Activity2.3)

a) Make a neat labelled diagram of the apparatus used for the reaction
between zinc granules and dil. sulphuric acid

b) What do you observe when you add a few granules of zinc to dil. Sulphuric
acid?
c)What do you observe when you pass the gas evolved through soap solution?

d) How will you test the gas evolved?

e) Why is the gas passed through soap solution?

f) Give a balanced equation for the reaction.

Q9. (Activity2.4)

What do you observe when you add 2 ml sodium hydroxide solution to some
zinc granules in a test tube and warm the contents of the test tube?

Name the gas evolved and give its test

Give a balanced chemical equation for the above reaction and name the salt
obtained.

Q10. (Activity 2.6)

Make a neat labelled diagram of the apparatus used for the reaction between
dilute HCl and Metal Carbonates and Metal hydrogencarbonates.

What do you observe when you add 2 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid to 0.5 mg
of sodium carbonate in one test tube and 0.5 mg of sodium
hydrogencarbonate in another test tube?

Give the equations for the above reactions

What do you observe when you pass the gas produced in each case through
lime water – initially and in excess?

Give the equations for the reactions taking place when carbon dioxide gas is
passed through lime water.

Q11. (Activity 2.7)

What do you observe when you add 2 drops of phenolphthalein to 2 ml of
dilute NaOH solution in a test tube?

What do you observe when you add dilute HCl to the above solution drop by
drop?

Explain your observations.

What happens when you add a few drops of NaOH to the above mixture?
Explain

Name and define the above reaction.

Q12. (Activity 2.8)

What do you observe when you add dilute HCl to some copper oxide in a test
tube?

Explain your observations.

Give a balanced equation for the above reaction.

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Q13. How will you show that non-metallic oxides are acidic in nature? Justify
your answer with a balanced chemical equation (refer to page 22, 2.1.6)